ガラスを多用した湖畔の邸宅

2014 年 8 月 21 日 08:46 JST

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Patricia Wegner and her late husband, Arthur Wegner, bought this property on Lake Champlain in 1999 when they were looking for a place to retire. 'My husband and I came to visit my daughter, who is a doctor at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, and a friend showed us the property,' says Mrs. Wegner. At the time the couple were living in Wichita, Kan., where her husband was chairman of Raytheon Aircraft Co. 'My husband fell in love with it and that was it,' she says. 'It was exactly what I wanted because I'm into both vegetable and flower gardens.' The couple accumulated the 31.5-acre estate in three separate transactions. In 1999 they paid $760,000 for the 13.2-acre parcel where they built the main house and $290,000 for an adjacent 12.9-acre parcel where there is a renovated farm house. In 2002 they bought an additional 5.4 acres for $566,000.
Paul Boisvert…

Mrs. Wegner says they spent almost two years and approximately $5 million building the contemporary 6,642-square-foot main home. The stone was brought from a quarry in Fond du Lac, Wis., near Mr. Wegner's childhood home, says Mrs. Wegner. Mr. Wegner grew up in Madison, Wis, and often saw Frank Lloyd Wright in town, and the home was influenced by his designs, says Mrs. Wegner. Mr. Wegner's many years in the aerospace industry also influenced the design of the house, which includes the replicated wing of an airplane with its landing fins.
Bud Symmes…

The living room, shown here, has a double-sided fireplace. On the other side of the fireplace is the music room and library. The house sits on a bluff, and the property includes approximately 1,620 feet of shoreline and a crescent beach.
Jim Westphalen…

The kitchen opens onto the dining room, which looks out onto the lake. Local craftsmen built the ash and walnut cabinets. The kitchen windows also look out at the garden, where Mrs. Wegner has planted roses and blueberry bushes. An apple orchard that dates back to the 1920s produces excellent Cortland, McIntosh and Yellow Transparent apples, says Mrs. Wegner.
Jim Westphalen…

The home has three bedrooms, two full bathrooms and one half bath. Shown here is the master bedroom. The property is about 20 minutes from Burlington, where Mrs. Wegner recommends a stop at Mirabelles Café.
Jim Westphalen…

Mrs. Wegner's favorite room is the sunroom, shown here. It has windows on three sides with views of the lake and the garden.
Bud Symmes…

The library, shown here, has 16-foot ceilings and white oak floors. Mrs. Wegner says the property has a secret fishing spot off of Clay Point, a rocky outcropping that protects the beach and the cove.
Jim Westphalen…

Mrs. Wegner, age 76, is selling because her husband died in January and she is ready for a change. 'I decided I'm ready to do something different,' she says. She will miss the flow of the house and the grounds and is sorry they never built a tree house in one of the property's many old-growth trees. 'It's just so peaceful,' says Mrs. Wegner.
Bud Symmes…

The Wegners' daughter, Dr. Elisabeth Wegner, owns the adjacent farmhouse on 12.9 acres, which is part of the listing. Built around the 1830s, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home was fully renovated and has views of the lake, a tennis court and barn. 'It was almost a tear down,' says Dr. Wegner who spent six months remodeling the house in 1999 and then landscaped the property. Dr. Wegner, age 50, estimates the project cost more than $350,000. 'It's a very magical place,' she says of the property.
Paul Boisvert…

The property was listed in June with an asking price of $5.415 million for all three parcels. The main house on 13.2 acres is available separately and has an asking price of $3.3 million. Staige Davis and Kathy O'Brien of Lang McLaughry Real Estate share the listing.
Bud Symmes…